PCEngineFX Picture Thread (Formerly "Mugs")

[Michael Helgeson]

Depending on the game they can be. Some of the latter games are missing animation frames too. The best stuff to buy for the system are the early titles,if you want low load times.

[Necromancer]

Well..... I might be exaggerating.....  just a little bit.  A single speed drive equals 150KB per second and a NeoGeo CD has a total of 7MB of memory, so a little math gives you 48 seconds of loading time plus any seek time.  Of course, this is a worst case scenario and not all games are horribly slow to load.

[Joe Redifer]

The MVS has absolutely no functional advantage for me.  In fact I've never seen one with a standard 8-pin DIN for RGB, so I'd have to have it modded for that if I had one.  No RGB=no sale.  It is worth owning a Neo Geo just for Magician Lord.  I don't like SNK-style fighting games, though.

[Michael Helgeson]

The MVS has absolutely no functional advantage for me.  In fact I've never seen one with a standard 8-pin DIN for RGB, so I'd have to have it modded for that if I had one.  No RGB=no sale.  It is worth owning a Neo Geo just for Magician Lord.  I don't like SNK-style fighting games, though.

Yea,you can mod one to have it,I mean,the jamma area has RGB out. You tap it off that to the 8-pin din. But also,yea I figured as much,that you only have a system for a few titles. Ive beaten Magician Lord so many times I refuse to buy it anymore. I just got burned out on it. I think I have had it probably 6 times over the past 9 years, so I just dont enjoy playing it anymore. Its still a bad ass game,esp for people who are new to it,I am just burned out on it is all.

[Joe Redifer]

Ive beaten Magician Lord so many times I refuse to buy it anymore.

Really?  Have you tried only buying it once?  That's what I did.  It was super-cheap, too.  No need to buy it 9 times.  No game is that good.  How much does Neo Drift Out on the MVS usually run for?

[Hobo Xiphas]

If you want cheap, get a NeoGeo CD unit.  Otherwise get a job!

Tell that to Twinkle Star Sprites and Metal Slug for Neo CD

A single speed drive equals 150KB per second and a NeoGeo CD has a total of 7MB of memory, so a little math gives you 48 seconds of loading time plus any seek time.

That just can't be right.  Anyone who has played Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 for NCD knows you have enough time to make a sandwich between games.  I swear that it is 3 minutes or so.

Also, here is a mug to get this thread back on topic:

[Necromancer]

Poor R2-D2, somebody cut his top off and bent his robowang into a handle. 

That just can't be right.  Anyone who has played Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 for NCD knows you have enough time to make a sandwich between games.  I swear that it is 3 minutes or so.

Agreed - 48 seconds would be for filling ram from only one track.  If it has to read a few different spots on the disc, it's sammy time.

[Michael Helgeson]

Ive beaten Magician Lord so many times I refuse to buy it anymore.

Really?  Have you tried only buying it once?  That's what I did.  It was super-cheap, too.  No need to buy it 9 times.  No game is that good.  How much does Neo Drift Out on the MVS usually run for?

I would pick it up every time I got a AES,and I have had it on MVS twice. I would play it,beat it,get bored of it,and sell it. Now I no longer wish to get it again. Yea,I know its cheap,around 30-40 bucks for either AES or MVS,but I dont get any thrills from playing it these days.

[Joe Redifer]

That's fine, but I usually keep games once I have them.  No need to sell them.  I've seen Magician Lord go for about $24 or so brand new.  And about Neo Drift Out.  How much for MVS version?

[Michael Helgeson]

I have no idea on that one Joe. It tends to be a rarer MVS cart,even though its just a average overhead driver by Visco. I saw it sell  a few months back for around 60 bucks on ebay. That was for the cart only. A complete kit in good condition will fetch alot  more.

[FM-77]

A portrait of me.

[Kitsunexus]

Well..... I might be exaggerating.....  just a little bit.  A single speed drive equals 150KB per second and a NeoGeo CD has a total of 7MB of memory, so a little math gives you 48 seconds of loading time plus any seek time.  Of course, this is a worst case scenario and not all games are horribly slow to load.

This is wrong, because it's assuming that all games do the same things with the hardware, and that all hardware is in the same condition.

Anyway, you can take certain PC CD-ROM drives and plug them into a Saturn to get shorter loading times...why can't you do this with a NeoCD?

[Michael Helgeson]

Well..... I might be exaggerating.....  just a little bit.  A single speed drive equals 150KB per second and a NeoGeo CD has a total of 7MB of memory, so a little math gives you 48 seconds of loading time plus any seek time.  Of course, this is a worst case scenario and not all games are horribly slow to load.

This is wrong, because it's assuming that all games do the same things with the hardware, and that all hardware is in the same condition.

Anyway, you can take certain PC CD-ROM drives and plug them into a Saturn to get shorter loading times...why can't you do this with a NeoCD?

I wasn't aware you could do this with the Saturn. Can you post a link to a thread about this showing its possible and it works.

[termis]

Anyway, you can take certain PC CD-ROM drives and plug them into a Saturn to get shorter loading times...why can't you do this with a NeoCD?

I wasn't aware you could do this with the Saturn. Can you post a link to a thread about this showing its possible and it works.

Yeah, I'd be all over that too.  Saturn is one of my favorite systems to hack away at.  Do let us know if you can find that info somewhere.

[Hobo Xiphas]

A portrait of me.

Were you designed by that Amano guy?